Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-05
HORSF-C CAR LINES.
CONSIDERATION OF riE STREET
RAILWAY SCHEME LAST Eight.
Major Jackson and Mr.. Brown Address
the Street committee-Eo
Action Taken.

mond Street Railway Company Offering
it an extension of railway privileges,
and requiring it to respond in ten days
time whether it would accept or not.
The ten days expired Thursday on
which day the company addressed
reply 10 the committee, which was pre-
sented at its meeting in the City Engl-
neer's Office last night The answer Is
as follows:
RICHMOND, February 3, 1887.
L,,sis d. Cyenshar, Jr., Esq, Chairman Of COM
fafftes on Streets:
Ny Dear Sir,-I am directed by a resolution
OF the stockholders Of the Richmond City Rail
way Company 10 communicate 70 your COM
mittee. in response 10 the resolution OF eaii
committee passed January 81, 1897, as modined
by the letter of the City Attorney Of February
l. 1887, the following resolution this day passed
by the stockholders Of said company:
Resolrsd, That this company viii, u per
mittedto do so by the city, build the following
extensions Of its present lines:
First From its western terminus on Main
along Main, with double track, to the corpora
tion line.
second. From Main along laurel 10 Beverly,
with a double track; from Beverly along laurel
TO Albemarle, along Albemarle 70 Cherry,
along Cherry 20 Beverly, and along Beverly TO
Laurel. with n single track.
Third. From Broad along Ninth 70 Leigh, and
nlong Leigh to Eighth with n single track
from Broad along Eighth to Leigh with single
track, and from Eighth along Leigh 70 BROOK
avenue With double track.
Fourth. From Main along Twenty-nrst TO
Church-IIill avenue, along Church-Htll avenue
10 Twenty-6fth, along Twenty-nfth TO z, with
double track thence along q 10 Twenty-sixth.
along Twenty-sxth 10 Y. and along TO Twen-
| ty-nfth, with single track.
Fifth. From its eastern terminus on Main
street along Rockets street 20 Louisiana ave
nue., and along said avenue 20 Seventh street.
with single track. and turnous ana turn
| table, as indicated upon accompanying map
sixth. From Leigh along ST. James 70 C0utts
| street, with a single track. and turnouts anu
| a turntable, az Indicated on said map; and
| will in lieu OF all taxes pay TO the city per
/ cent on its gross earnings from July l. 1881.
| TO July 1, 1926, and per cent on its gross
earnings from July 1, 1895, until itS franchises
! expire, provided that the city permits this
| company 70 use for its purposes "a city pas
senger railway oil the tracks, sidings, anu
| turnouts OF the Richmond. Fredericksburg ana
| Potomac Railroad Company, now used by said
| company for said purposes, as long as this
! company can obtain the right to do 80 by cou-
| tract with, or purchase from, said Richmond,
| Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad COM
! pany. or in event of its not being able 70 oD-
/ tain such right, TO connect its tracks on Eighth
and Ninth with It's track on Laurel by single
| track along the north side OF Broad street.
or in lieu thereof it will, u permitted to
| extend its tracks along Main street, "a
| aforesaid, and along Eighth and Ninth 70
| Leigh, and along Leigh TO Brook avenue,
| as aforesaid. and use the tracks OF tue Rich
mond, Fredericksburg aud Potomac Railroad
| IA aforesaid, and. in event that IL cannot OBJ
! tain said right from said Richmond, Freie-
| rcksburg and Potomac Railroad Company to
| connect its tracks on Eighth and Ninth stree%
with its track on Laurel by track on the north
| side OF Broad az aforesaid, II will pay 70 tn'
IL. 81 aIlf fha afn col
| on its gross earnings, and will open It's tracks
| on Main street between Twelfth and Eighth
| streets, and It's tracks on Eighth and Ninth be-
tween Main and Broad, and its tracks on Bcoad
| between Ninth and Seventh TO any passenger
\ railroad owning and operating one mile OF sin.
/ gle or double track in the corporate limits OF
| The city, the compensation for such use and
| the manner Of such use TO be arranged by this
| company and such entering company, and, In
/ event Of disagreement, by arbitration.
am further by said resolution directed 10
say TO your committee that the stockholders
submit that this company IL entitled TO con-
| sideraton from your committee; that its tracks
were built under al express promise by the
| city of Richmond that this company should
! have the exclusive use for passenger railway
| purposes Of the streets into which IL was per-
! mitted TO extend, and has extended, its lines,
! sanctioned by a quarter OF century OF use Z;
that there has never been an enterprise In this
city which has added so much 10 the taxable
values OF the rOel estate OF this city and
| now manufactures. and for a long time has
] manufactured. by home labor. It's cars and
every article used by IL which could have been
and can now be manufactured IN Rich.
| mond; that IL 10 owned by citizens OF
! this city who have never used Its privileges
for speculation In land that 1t has, until the
! past four or 1ve years, been run at an Immense
! and ruinous loss TO its Operators.
| am directed by said resolution 70 further
| say 10 your committee that this company has
| consulted counsel other than its regular attor-
| ney, and Ii advised tHat IL has the exclusive
| right to run and operate passenger railways IN
J the streets in which IL has been permitted 10
| extend, and has extended, its lines, and %
| thank your committee for after beisg in-
| formed Of this cOmpnnys receipts and dis
| bursements) abating their demands from 10
! per cent upon Its gross receipts TO per cent.
| for eight years, and, AT the expiration OF eight
I years, per cent; and submit that IL the mem
| Lers OF your committee will inform themselves
| 10 what extent cities with much larger popula-
/ tiOns, and which present less difficulties 70
} TRANSPORTATION OF persons. request railways,
which have not exclusive rights, TO open their
/ tracks 10 competing companies, they will be
/ convinced that their demands on this company
are unreasonable and untenable.
| / am directed 10 further say TO your COM
1 mittee that II either branch Of the above
! privileges are granted, this company will COM
! mence work without delay, aud vigorously
! press the work To an early completion.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS @. JACKSON.
Counsel for Richmond City Railway Company.
VARIOUS VIEWS
Major Bolton, on behalf OF the com
pany, spoke briefly of the proposition
submitted.
After some informal discussion Mr..
Powers moved that the privilege as
asked be granted.
Mr.. Starke moved to so amend that
in lieu of the company's offer to open
its Main-street line from Eighth to
Twelfth street, that it open its Main
and Broad street lines, not exceeding
five squares to any one company.
Mr.. Powers accepted the amend
ment
Mr.. Murphy thought that before
voting on the proposition the Union
Passenger Railway Company should be
heard from. Mr.. j. Thompson Brown,
one of its representatives, was present,
and he moved that Mr. Brown be heard.
Agreed to.
STIRRING UP THE PRESENT COMPANY.
Mr.. Brown rose and said that it was
gratifying to feel that his application
for street-railway privilege on Church
Hill had resulted in stirring up the
present company and making them APP
ply for like territory. But" he add
ed, "we can't buila, | think, if the
City Railway Company is granted the
privilege contained in their paper"
Mr.. Brown thought the city's finances
would be considerably more augmented
by granting his company privileges than
by extending the franchises of the City
Railway Company. "We are perfectly
willing to build in Rockets il we can
get on Main street; and as the City At
torney has decided that the exclusive
right given to run on Main street is un-
constitutional, we expect soon to ask
| for charter to run there"
THE BEGINNING OF THE ESD.
"We have" continued Mr.. Brown,
five days more in which to determine
the question and give our answer, and
we will not state officially whether or
not we will build. This franchise we
are asking" he continued, is but the
beginning of the end. We have con-
sidered and already discussed PROPOSE
tions of making ours cable road We
want TO build, and if we could get what
| we want AZ soon as we want il, we